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The real New Zealand does have talent
Friday, 14 September 2012, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Clare CURRAN Communications and IT Spokesperson 14 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT The real New Zealand does have talent While New Zealanders missed out on watching live coverage of our champion Paralympic athletes, New Zealand on Air has again chosen ... More >>
Key must ensure Banks comes clean
Friday, 14 September 2012, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If John Key is serious about holding his Ministers to any real standards he needs to instruct John Banks to allow his witness statement to be publicly released, says Labour Deputy Leader Grant Robertson. More >>
Let Aucklanders know the truth about their Port
Friday, 14 September 2012, 8:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The ratepayers of Auckland deserve to know what’s going on with the assets they own, and it’s not good enough for Auckland Council Investments Limited (AICL) to refuse to provide information about the Ports of Auckland, says Darien Fenton. More >>
Government the problem, not parents
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 8:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Sue MORONEY Early Childhood Education Spokesperson 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Government the problem, not parents Government policy is more of a barrier to children participating in early childhood education (ECE) than the beneficiaries the Government ... More >>
Offering half RV for land just not on
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lianne DALZIEL Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Offering half RV for land just not on Gerry Brownlee has sneaked out an announcement that the Government will only offer half the rateable value of some red-zone land ... More >>
What the Hekia? Get it right, Minister!
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, should be calling the principals of Christchurch’s Shirley Boys’ High and Avonside Girls’ High to explain the incomprehensible information about the schools’ future, says Ruth Dyson. More >>
National’s selective figures hide problems
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David PARKER Spokesperson for Finance David CUNLIFFE Spokesperson for Economic Development 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT National’s selective figures hide problems in the real economy National are picking and choosing their figures to exaggerate new ... More >>
Government ‘heartless’ over highway home
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil TWYFORD Transport Spokesperson 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Government ‘heartless’ over highway home The Government has been called “heartless” by Labour after dismissing as an operational matter the Transport Agency’s refusal ... More >>
John Banks has to go whichever way
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant ROBERTSON Deputy Leader 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT John Banks has to go whichever way John Banks has failed both of the tests John Key set for him remaining as a Minister and he needs to go, says Labour’s Deputy Leader Grant Robertson. ... More >>
Christchurch deserves best schools possible
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lianne DALZIEL Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Christchurch deserves best schools possible The Labour Party will stand up for Christchurch communities as they come to grips with the Government’s education renewal plan, ... More >>
Support for sentencing amendment welcomed
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Charles CHAUVEL Justice Spokesperson 13 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Support for sentencing amendment welcomed Labour is pleased that the Government supported its amendments to the Sentencing (Aggravated Factors) Amendment Bill when the legislation ... More >>
Labour Leader expresses regret at death of Chris Stevens
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader David Shearer is expressing his sincere sympathy and regret to the family, friends and colleagues of the US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, who was killed in an attack in Benghazi. More >>
National’s ‘costings’ not all they seem
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 11:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A manufactured ‘crisis’, similar to that suffered by ACC, could be on the cards for New Zealand’s welfare system if Paula Bennett continues with her so-called 'investment' agenda, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Key’s so-called standards smashed by Banks
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 9:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has no option but to sack John Banks after witnesses confirmed in sworn statements that he knew exactly who made donations to his Mayoralty campaign but said he wanted them to be ‘anonymous’, says Labour’s Deputy Leader Grant Robertson. More >>
Craig Foss’ $26m pay day mayday
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has spent an eye-watering $26m on the botched switch to a new system for paying teachers, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Undisclosed ACC sum sunk into prison privatisation gamble
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 5:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC’s involvement as one of the five members of the consortium that has won the contract to build a private prison in Wiri is completely inappropriate, Labour’s Justice spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. More >>
Sadness at loss of inspirational leader
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Maori caucus has expressed its sympathy and thoughts to the whānau of Jacqui Te Kani, saying she was an inspirational and aspirational leader. More >>
National MPs shut down health debate
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National Party members on the Health Select Committee have now twice refused to allow experts to brief the committee about possible effects of the Trans Pacific Partnership on New Zealand's ability to determine its own health policies, Labour's Health spokesperson ... More >>
Brownlee losing touch with the people
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee’s astonishing attack on some Christchurch residents as “moaners and carpers” shows he doesn’t understand the massive impact that the uncertainty is causing, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>
Accounting exercise largely tells us what we already know
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
When the Government is prepared to pay an Australian company almost $1 million to tell it what it should already know – that we need jobs and we need to ensure people have the skills and health they need to move into them – you have to question its ... More >>
